SAYS GERMAN ATTACKS ARE FOR HOME EFFECT; French Official Insists Verdun Assaults Are Weakening -- Hints of Counter Offensive. FRENCH REPULSE WAVE ASSAULT

PARIS, April 4. -- "The Germans have abandoned hope of taking Verdun and are continuing their attacks to reassure their own population and prevent a French offensive elsewhere," is the official theory of the renewal of the Verdun operations as expressed by a senior officer attached to the War Office Staff. View Full Article in Timesmachine »

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A version of this archives appears in print on April 5, 1916, on Page 1 of the New York edition with the headline: SAYS GERMAN ATTACKS ARE FOR HOME EFFECT; French Official Insists Verdun Assaults Are Weakening -- Hints of Counter Offensive. FRENCH REPULSE WAVE ASSAULT . Order Reprints|Today's Paper|Subscribe